Sprinkles in Springs

Rainy Days and Lace

Style & Co Dress, American Apparel Socks, Hunter wellies

It was a rainy, hot and humid Monday- not how I like to start off my spring. While some of us are experiencing more heat than we'd like or more snow than we'd care for, I find that the best way to combat the weather (and the inevitable weather-related bad mood) is to wear things that make you especially happy. I'll admit that a super-girly lace dress, thigh-high socks and silver rain boots is a bit extreme... but playing dressing up will seriously improve your outlook on days like this.

I had some fun playing with these pictures on photoshop, using some filters and other techniques that I don't usually use. Being creative and not always playing by the rules also do wonders for lifting your spirits any time you need it :)

Labels: 70s, photography, romantic, what i wore

Bohemian 70s & Tribal Influences

With the changing of the weather, I'm shedding what little extra layers I donned in winter and slipping into more easy pieces. I've adapted some 70s inspiration for my spring attire already, but lately I'm also drawn to tribal pieces. These are some things I'm loving right now.

Bohemian 70s

1. [Topshop] Tan Band Wheat Floppy Hat $44

2. [UO] Kimchi Blue Lace Dress $69

3. [Topshop] Wood Butterfly Ring $25

4. [Topshop] Glass Bead In Hoop $20

5. [ASOS] Hammered Metal Bangle $14.34

6. [Jeffrey Campbell] Skate $198

PS- How cool are those shoes?? ~~I think~~ I need them. Now.

Tribal

1. [Dillards] Marc New York "Tribal Print" Dress $100

2. [Topshop] Long Angle Stud $20

3. [Topshop] Embroided Gold Bead Neck Purse $30

4. [Topshop] Mixed Bangle Pack $30

5. [ASOS] Warehouse Tribal Jumpsuit $98.62

6. [Forever 21] Tribal Inspiration Necklace $6.80

7. [ASOS] Statement Leather Cord Wrapped Chunky Bangle $21.52

8. [SSENSE] Pamela Love Tribal Spike Cuff $645

9. [House of Harlow 1960] Tribal Circle Pendant $145

Also...

Kai from All Kinds of Complicated featured me (and some of you!) on Friday.

Diana from dianapantz is starting a book exchange. Go here for more details!

Labels: 70s, clothes, inspiration board, jewelry, shoes

1 Year Old

American Apparel hat, UO shirt, Abercrombie shorts, Elizabeth & James sandals, F21 necklace

I had a wonderful weekend visiting my family... but it all went by so quickly! (Doesn't it always?) We spent our time catching up, pointing the differences between our countries, going over some ancestry information, and forming an assembly line to make the fastest apple pie ever (which also happened to take place after midnight). So fun :) Thank you for all your comments also... I'll be responding to them soon, now that I have some time.

In other news... its Sprinkles in Springs' one year anniversary today! It's gone by so fast. Thank you to everyone for reading this and for all your sweet comments, they really make my day! I hope to be blogging for many more years to come :)

(my favorite tree that I see when I look out the window)

Labels: 70s, photography, what i wore

a Felt Hat in the Field

American Apparel hat, Target blouse, Sam Edelman boots, F21 necklace, Vintage bag

After much web surfing for the perfect floppy felt hat, I always came back to this one from American Apparel. There are cute ones all over the place but since I'm not a hat person, I usually just admire from afar. But that wasn't the case this time around because, for once in a blue moon, I ventured to the mall with my sister (who was home this week and took these photos as well as the ones in the last post.. thanks Meg!!) and saw the hat in person and fell in love. (90% of the time, I shop online because I feel like I find better deals, and also because I like to think about my purchase and not feel rushed by salespeople. Is anyone else with me on that? But then again, nothing compares to seeing things in real life...)

I got the blouse at Target and it's this really soft, stretchy, lace material that looks like crochet (which I tweeted about- yes, I just renewed my interest in learning how to use twitter... took a while! So if any of you are on twitter, I'd love if we could follow each other!) tweet tweet

Labels: 70s, what i wore

70s Beach *Pastels & Tourists

It was a beautiful Sunday morning today, so I felt it necessary to travel to the beach for this shoot, considering all the pretty pastel colors involved. In my big closet clean-out/reorganization, I stumbled across this shirt from Charlotte Ronson that I got a million years ago and these cream wedge 'flats' that I felt would both go together well since they reminded me of all the 70s stuff coming out. I love the caning detail on the shoes (a bit 70s, right? Or am I crazy.. idk, I'm not old enough to know!!) The pants I swiped from my sister on my recent trip to Orlando. (Meg- did you notice something's missing from your closet?? Thanks! :) )

The drive over was funny; we had to wait for the drawbridge to go up (for the boats to get through), and two cars in front of me this entire family- driver and all- run out of their SUV and charge the drawbridge like it was some kind of magical piece of machinery that could not be observed from the safety of your own car. They watched in awe as some other dude in an adjacent car, got out of his car and proceeded to take pictures and movies of it (the drawbridge, not the people). I'm really hoping their FL license plate vehicles were rentals and they were people from some landlocked state... (don't get me wrong, I love tourists and all, but I've never seen anything like it in my life. I'm not a hater, just telling a funny story, but maybe you just had to be there...)